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Simplified Chinese: | 屈原 |
Traditional Chinese: | 屈原 |
Pinyin: | Qū Yuán |
Family name: | Qu |
Traditional Chinese: | 屈 |
Simplified Chinese: | 屈 |
Given name: | Ping |
Traditional Chinese: | 平 |
Simplified Chinese: | 平 |
Courtesy name (字): | Yuan |
Traditional Chinese: | 原 |
Simplified Chinese: | 原 |
Alias Given name (自名): | Zhengze |
Traditional Chinese: | 正則 |
Simplified Chinese: | 正则 |
Alias Courtesy name (别字): | Lingjun |
Traditional Chinese: | 霛均 |
Simplified Chinese: | 灵均 |
Qu Yuan (ca. 340 BCE - 278 BCE) was a Chinese scholar and minister to the King from the southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci. His death is traditionally commemorated on Duan Wu (Cantonese: Tuen Ng) Festival (端午节/端午節), which is commonly known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth (fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese traditional luni-solar calendar).
Qu Yuan, born in the Xiling Gorge area of what is today western Hubei province, was a minister in the government of the state of Chu, descended from nobility and a champion of political loyalty and truth eager to maintain the Chu state's power. Qu Yuan advocated a policy of alliance with the other kingdoms of the period against the hegemonic state of Qin, which threatened to dominate them all. Legend has it that the Chu king fell under the influence of other corrupt, jealous ministers who slandered Qu Yuan and banished his most of loyal counselors. It is said that Qu Yuan returned first to his family's home town. In his exile, he spent much of this time collecting legends and rearranging folk odes while travelling the countryside, producing some of the greatest poetry in Chinese literature and expressing fervent love for his state and his deepest concerns for its future.
According to legend, his anxiety brought him to an increasingly troubled state of health; during his depression, he would often take walks near a certain well, during which he would look upon his reflection in the water and his own person, thin and gaunt. According to legend, this well became known as the "Face Reflection Well." Today on a hillside in Xiangluping in Hubei province's Zigui, there is a well which is considered to be the original well from the time of Qu Yuan.
In 278 BC, learning of the capture of his country's capital, Ying, by General Bai Qi of the state of Qin, Qu Yuan is said to have written the lengthy poem of lamentation called "Lament for Ying" and later to have waded into the Miluo river in today's Hunan Province holding a great rock in order to commit ritual suicide as a form of protest against the corruption of the era.
Today, people still eat zòngzi and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan's sacrifice on the Duan Wu festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The Koreans later adopted the festival from the Chinese and called it the Dano festival.
Other than his literary influence, Qu Yuan is also held as the earliest patriot in China history. His social idealism and unbending patriotism have served as the model for Chinese intellectuals to this day, particularly following the establishment of new China in 1949. For example, in the 1950's China issued a postage stamp bearing the "likeness" of Qu Yuan.
According to Wang Yi of the Eastern Han dynasty (ca. 25 CE - 220 CE), a total of 25 works can be attributed to Qu Yuan:
Wang Yi chose to attribute Zhao Hun to another contemporary of Qu Yuan, Song Yu; most modern scholars, however, consider Zhao Hun to be Qu Yuan's original work, whereas Yuan You, Pu Ju, and Yu Fu are believed to have been composed by others.
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Legislators struggled with how and whether to do something extra for victims' families and survivors of the I-35W bridge collapse.
A small group of legislators spent a long day Friday at the Capitol wrestling with a big question: Should victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse be eligible for more compensation than others who make claims against the state?
The state's current liability limits in court -- $300,000 per person and $1 million total per incident -- were at the heart of the matter, as members of the joint House and Senate subcommittee on claims debated the possibility of special funding for bridge victims.
Some legislators are trying to establish a victims' compensation fund similar to one that Congress set up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, in which victims who received money agreed not to sue.
Kenneth Feinberg, who calculated victim payments as special master to the 9/11 fund, testified that he thought the fund was "absolutely the right thing to do" because it was a unique response to a historically unprecedented disaster.
It was designed to discourage lawsuits against the airlines and also to demonstrate the generosity of the American people to the world, he said.
"You're dealing with a relatively modest tragedy," Feinberg told the Minnesota panel. "This is not 5,300 people filing claims. This is not 1,000 dead like in the Katrina tragedy. It's a relatively modest, from a public perspective, tragedy."
Thirteen people died and more than 100 were injured when the bridge collapsed on Aug. 1.
There were no 9/11-style victim funds, he pointed out, for Hurricane Katrina, the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building or the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
"It raises a fundamental question ... why certain people should receive that type of generosity while others who are the victims of life's curve balls, through no fault of their own, don't receive that type of compensation," Feinberg said.
One of two survivors who testified Friday, Linda Paul, spoke of how her cheek had to be reconstructed and her eye reset, and said she had several fractured vertebrae and cracked ribs.
She said she's now living on workers' compensation payments and her retirement savings.
"My concern is for the future," she said. "Will I be able to return to my previous job?"
Several survivors have said they are frustrated by the state's response. Attorneys for some have cited mounting medical bills, lost wages and expenses not covered by insurance.
If the state decides it wants to help bridge victims, there are other ways to do it, Feinberg and others testifying Friday suggested.
Liability limits could be raised just for this instance. An emergency fund could be established, providing smaller payments to help victims with immediate needs while not preventing them from suing. Or the $1 million limit could be raised while the individual cap remained, and the state could try to settle cases quickly instead of going to court.
Feinberg's advice: If the state is going to do something, keep it simple and do it quickly.
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While pondering the nitty-gritty of how to help bridge victims, a few legislators kept coming back to the same question Friday: How can they be fair to everyone? What about the motorist who is injured when a snowplow accidentally rams their car, for instance?


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The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. Its size and weight falls between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. The iPad runs the same operating system as the iPod Touch and iPhone - and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. Without modification, and with the exception of websites, it will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via its online store. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: IPad)
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Updated: AT&T is starting to look like the network of choice for connecting electric car's wireless IT systems. This week at the wireless event CTIA, Ford said it has chosen AT&T's wireless network for connectivity for its upcoming Ford Focus Electric. (Hear from Ford exec Ed Pleet about connected cars at Green:Net 2011 on April 21 in San Francisco).
Nissan, too, has turned to AT&T for connecting its all-electric Nissan LEAF, as we reported last summer. Both Nissan and Ford are turning to wireless networks and mobile apps to help electric car drivers remotely monitor cars' battery charge states, and to find the nearest EV charging stations, among other functionality. The idea is that better connectivity can beat back range anxiety, or the fear of the limited range of the EV battery.
AT&T seems to be aggressively going after the machine-to-machine market with its network, particularly autos and the smart grid. Connecting machines — and not customers' cell phones — is a good way for AT&T to diversify its network and is also an area of growth in the U.S. in an otherwise saturated cell phone market.
Ford has been making a strong push to connect with mobile players. The auto maker launched its MyFord Mobile app at CES earlier this year and has now made yet another big announcement at a wireless event. See below for a video demo of Ford's MyFord Mobile:
Ford's first consumer all-electric car, the Ford Focus Electric, will go on sale by the end of 2011, and will be able to drive between 80 to 100 miles on average on a charge. In addition, the Focus Electric will be able to charge in 3 to 4 hours with a 240 volt charger, and uses lithium-ion batteries from LG Chem.


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We had a bit of a glitch in the January contest, folks, which is why I delayed posting the Top 10 winners for you to guess. I had to disqualify the 2nd place finisher because he didn't take his photo during the month of January 2011.
The photographer feels very badly about his oversight, and promises he will read the rules more carefully for future contests.
So I moved the 3rd place photo by Simone Brogini of Quincy into 2nd place, moved a photo by Lynn Cianfarani of Saratoga Springs, NY that had come very close to being the 3rd place finisher into that slot, and added a photo by Jenny Villone of Cambridge from the Final 25 to the group of 7 Honorable Mentions that was close to being included during the judging.
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INDIANAPOLOIS – New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had his walking boot removed on Monday and he was seen walking without a limp at Tuesday's Media Day in Indianapolis as part of the Super Bowl XLVI festivities.
Gronkowski, who suffered a high ankle sprain on his left ankle during New England's AFC Championship victory over the Baltimore Ravens, said he is taking things day-by-day.
"I'm going day-by-day. Just taking every single day and making new steps every day," Gronkowski said. "Feeling better every day. And that's a positive sign and I just want to keep going in the right direction. I want to be out there with the team obviously. Just taking it step-by-step and getting better."
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Are we heading toward a lopsided world?
In her new book, science journalist Mara Hvistendahl looks at the social and economic turmoil caused by sex selection.
The Communist dictum in China that married couples have just have one child and the religious dogma in India that inclines toward male-dominated households have begun to transform those societies in lopsided ways: it is hard for young men to find wives and in some communities women are being kidnapped and sold as brides or prostitutes. The problem is spreading to other countries in Asia and Eastern Europe.
Mara Hvistendahl, a science journalist who lives in Shanghai, has written a fascinating exploration — Unnatural Selection, Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men ? using anecdotal information, looking through the eyes of students, doctors, feminists, scientists and others, to examine the issue of gender imbalance. Her interview with the Star has been edited for length.
What did you discover travelling through Asia that made you decide to write about the impact of the bias toward male babies?
I arrived in China at a time when the country was developing at a dizzying pace. In many ways that development had been good for women. As elsewhere in Asia, more and more women were pursuing professional careers or going on to get advanced degrees. But against that backdrop there was also this sinister phenomenon: the proportion of females in the population was decreasing. From time to time I'd visit elementary schools for stories I was writing and in a certain part of China the gender imbalance was just obvious. I'd look out at a classroom and see many more boys than girls.
We know about the skewed births in China and India, the female babies aborted in favour of males. But this seems to be happening elsewhere. Why?
Sex selection also happens in countries as varied as Albania, Armenia and Vietnam. All these countries are developing at varying speeds and they tend to have in common a triangle of trends. Birth rates have fallen dramatically over the past few decades. The preference for sons was probably stronger 50 years ago, but now that women only have one or two children there is less chance they'll get a son without turning to technology. And that technology has just recently become available in much of the world.
Sex selection began to take off in the early 1980s, when ultrasound reached the point where fetal sex could be easily determined in the second trimester of a pregnancy. At the same time, the countries where abortion is used for sex selection tend to have high overall abortion rates. In most of them abortion was introduced as a population control method, not as a woman's right.
In the Chinese city of Lianyungang there is a huge gender imbalance, 163 boys for every 100 girls under age 5. What has led to this huge distortion?
Lianyungang is typical of a certain part of China — the largely Han Chinese, rapidly developing provinces along the eastern seaboard. These are places that were once rural but are now urbanizing. In all of the countries where it occurs, sex selection actually starts with the middle or upper classes. That geographic difference is alarming because it means sex selection might spread as western China develops.
Since the 1600s, Indians have chosen male babies over female ones. But isn't the rise of the middle class showing Indians the merits of having daughters?
It may in fact have made things worse. India is perhaps the most striking example of how sex selection first takes hold in wealthy urban areas. Sex ratios skewed earliest in the northwest, which is the country's breadbasket, and in Delhi, the privileged capital. The worrying thing is that the practice then trickles down from there. Preliminary results from the 2011 census show sex selection spreading to new states.
That said, demographers don't think seriously imbalanced sex ratios will last forever. Eventually this may all be replaced by a greater valuing of girls.
The British tried to stop it when they governed India but they made it worse. How?
The British tried to stop female infanticide, which occurred among isolated sub-castes, when they began consolidating their power in the 1700s. The campaign was part of a moral justification for colonialism — the idea being that the British were civilizing India by eradicating barbaric practices like the killing of girls. But Indian scholars have since found that British land policies, and in particular the heavy taxes demanded by the East India Company, actually exacerbated the problem. Castes that had never killed girls began doing so under the new tax burden.
Tell me a little about the social impact of the problem in China.
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We have been aware of the gender imbalance for generations. You noted that Mademoiselle magazine in 1977 published a story titled "Women: The Next Endangered Species?" Why haven't we done enough to stop this practice of choosing males over females?
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Start | Bloodrose Datura |
End | Commander Falstaav |
Level | 75 Requires Level 74 |
Category | Zul'Drak |
Experience | 2,100 XP or 1259 at Level 90 |
Rewards | 60 |
Previous | Kickin' Nass and Takin' Manes |
Next | Defend the Stand |
Bloodrose Datura at Ebon Watch wants you to speak with Commander Falstaav at The Argent Stand.
A few moments ago I spotted a signal flare over the treeline to the east.
That can only mean that things are not going smoothly for the Crusaders at Argent Stand.
I cannot leave our post here, <race>, but you can. When time permits, make your way up to Commander Falstaav and see if there's anything you can do to lighten their burden.
As it happens there is something you can do to be of assistance, <class>.
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US 7797736 B2 Abstract A system and method for authentication including verifying a password is disclosed. In one embodiment, the authentication system includes a first storage unit to store an authentication sequence and a read-only memory unit to store an authentication algorithm. A microcontroller is coupled to the first storage unit, the read-only memory unit, and is configured to be coupled to and uncoupled from a host. The microcontroller is configured to execute the authentication algorithm to verify a password with the authentication sequence, and to send an access request to a web server via the host if the authentication algorithm has verified the password with the authentication sequence.
Claims(7) 1. A system comprising:
a first storage unit configured to store an authentication sequence;
a read-only memory unit configured to store an authentication algorithm; and
a microcontroller coupled to the first storage unit and the read-only memory unit, and configured to be coupled to and uncoupled from a host and configured to execute the authentication algorithm to verify a password with the authentication sequence;
the microcontroller further configured to send an access request to a web server via the host if the authentication algorithm has verified the password with the authentication sequence.
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Description This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/502,005, entitled �System and Method for Authentication,� filed on Jul. 19, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,434,251, which claims priority to PCT Application No. PCT/SG02/00227, filed on Oct. 4, 2002. The subject matter of the related applications is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The present invention relates generally to digital and software piracy. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and a method for authentication to prevent piracy in a digital system. The piracy and illegal copying of software and other digital media has become extremely pervasive and currently results in billions of dollars in lost revenue for media and software owners worldwide. This problem is compounded by the advent of faster and more technologically advanced computers, the development of inexpensive mass storage media (e.g., CDs, DVDs), as well as copying devices such as CD writers, which aid in various aspects of digital piracy. Each technological breakthrough seemingly results in a new and better way to illegally copy intellectual property belonging to another. Examples of digital piracy include: the copying of proprietary software to sell to others, the installing of a single proprietary software package on several different systems, placing a copy of proprietary software on the Internet, or even downloading copyrighted images from the Internet. While digital piracy is fairly common among many end users who have lawfully purchased the software, large-scale piracy typically occurs at a reseller level. For instance, a reseller may duplicate and distribute multiple copies of a software program, a digital audio file, or a digital video file to different customers. These counterfeit versions are sometimes passed on to unsuspecting customers. Hardware distributors have been known to preload different systems using a single software package. In such instances, customers are either not provided with original manuals, diskettes and/or compact discs (CDs) or are simply supplied with pirated copies of the same. Numerous methods to combat the rampant problem of digital piracy have been devised. One of the methods is the use of trialware to restrict usage of a software product. Trialware may be implemented by either programming an expiration date or a usage counter into a software program. Such a scheme limits the use of a software product to a particular duration or a number of trial times, respectively, after which the protected application can no longer be launched. Users are then forced to either purchase the full version of the product or to quit using it altogether. Hardware keys are another type of anti-piracy device that is commonly used to prevent illegal use of software. Hardware keys are devices that are plugged into selected ports of a computer. Once the software is executed, it then detects the presence of a hardware key in a similar manner to detecting other hardware devices (such as a printer, monitor, or a mouse). Programming the software such that it only operates when an appropriate hardware key is attached prevents illegal use of the software. As the number of hardware keys distributed to end users corresponds to the number of seat licenses purchased, the software will not work when installed on another system without the requisite hardware key. Another common anti-piracy technique is to require the entry of a certain registration key that is supplied by the software company before the software can be installed. Traditionally, the registration keys are given only with the original software package, although some are issued electronically. Unfortunately, there is nothing to prevent the holder of the registration key from installing the software on multiple systems. In addition, many of the electronic registration keys are based on the user's personal information (such as the user's name), therefore, some hackers have developed programs to calculate registration keys for random names. Unfortunately, as with the use of the registration key, all of the above anti-piracy systems (and many others) are easily circumvented by hackers. A common method of combating these anti-piracy techniques is to disassemble the coding of the Application Programming Interface (API) to assembly language and, thereafter decompile the assembly language into programming language. With the knowledge gained from the program flow, the hacker can easily re-write the program or set certain conditions within the program itself, such that it bypasses all the anti-piracy authentication algorithms. In view of the foregoing, it is extremely desirable to have an anti-piracy system that cannot be easily re-programmed or bypassed by computer hackers and other digital pirates. It is also desirable to have an anti-piracy system that can be integrated with existing mass storage devices. The present invention fills these needs by providing a system and a method for authentication. It should be appreciated that the present invention can be implemented in numerous ways, including as a process, an apparatus, a system, a device, or a method. Several inventive embodiments of the present invention are described below. In one embodiment of the present invention, an authentication system to verify a password is provided. The authentication system includes a first storage unit to store an authentication sequence and a read-only memory unit on which an authentication algorithm is programmed. The authentication sequence is preferably encrypted or hash-coded. A microcontroller is coupled to the first storage unit, the read-only memory unit, and a web server. A second storage unit coupled to the microcontroller is to store data from the web server. The microcontroller receives the password and executes the authentication algorithm to verify the password with the authentication sequence. Access to data on the second storage unit is permitted by the microcontroller only if the password has been verified. The data from the web server to be stored on the second storage unit is preferably encrypted. Alternatively, the data may be hash-coded. The read-only memory unit preferably includes a shutdown algorithm to shut down the host and the authentication system when a series of incorrect passwords is received by the microcontroller. The first storage unit, the microcontroller, the read-only memory unit, and the second storage unit are preferably implemented on a single chip. In addition, it is also a preference to have the first storage unit and the read-only memory unit incorporated into the microcontroller. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the authentication algorithm is implemented on either firmware or hardware. The first storage unit is preferably located within the read-only memory unit and the authentication sequence is preferably hard coded into the authentication algorithm. Alternatively, the first storage unit may be located within the second storage device. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for authenticating a password is provided. The method begins by providing an authentication sequence and receiving the password. An authentication algorithm, stored on a read-only memory unit, is executed to verify the password with the authentication sequence. Access to data on a web server or to a storage unit is permitted only if the password is verified. It is also preferable to shut down the entire system if a certain number of incorrect passwords are received. Data from the web server and that is to be stored in the storage unit is preferably encrypted or decrypted. Alternatively, the data may be hash-coded. Other aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrating by way of example the principles of the invention. The present invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. To facilitate this description, like reference numerals designate like structural elements. A system and a method for authentication in a digital system are provided. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be understood, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process operations have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention. In other embodiments of the present invention, ROM unit 18 may be formed as part of microcontroller 20. Furthermore, both first storage unit 16 and second storage unit 22 may be one of a number of mass storage devices, including hard drives, floppy disks, or removable flash memory devices, such as the ThumbDrive� manufactured by Trek 2000. In addition, the two storage units may be utilized in one physical structure to form a single mass storage device. The mass storage device may also be placed with microcontroller 20 to form a single chip. First storage unit 16 stores an authentication sequence 24, which is used to verify password 12. An authentication algorithm 26 to authenticate password 12 with authentication sequence 24 is programmed onto ROM unit 18. In addition, ROM unit 18 preferably comprises a shutdown algorithm 28. Because these algorithms and other data are hard coded, the contents of ROM unit 18 cannot be decompiled or altered. Upon receiving password 12, microcontroller 20 loads and executes authentication algorithm 26 to verify password 12 with authentication sequence 24. Access to second storage unit 22 is permitted only if password 12 is verified. Password 12 may be entered by a user or a software program executed by host 14 after receiving a query from microcontroller 20. Because authentication algorithm 26 is hard coded onto ROM unit 18, copying or decompiling and changing the software program resident on host 14 does not breach the copy protection provided by the present invention. It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that password 12 may be a private string of characters, a sequence of communication protocols, or some other security protocol known only to an authorized user. In addition, password 12 and authentication sequence 24 may form part of a biometric authentication process by using a user's fingerprints, iris, face, or voice as authentication means. Password 12 may also be programmed into the software running on host 14 and recognizable only by authentication algorithm 26 and therefore not known to an end user. As described above, authentication algorithm 26 is preferably implemented on hardware or firmware (such as ROM unit 18) so that it is tamper resistant; that is, authentication algorithm 26 will be either extremely difficult to reverse engineer or extract data from, and therefore extremely difficult to bypass. Shutdown algorithm 28 is preferably implemented as a deterrent against brute force attacks by shutting down the entire system if a series of incorrect passwords is received by microcontroller 20. An authentication system programmer may define the maximum number of incorrect passwords allowed before the system shuts down. Shutdown algorithm 28 may also be programmed to not accept any more password entries for a specified amount of time. By using shutdown algorithm 28, trial and error methods used by brute force application programs to identify password 12 would become an extremely tedious process for hackers. The algorithm would therefore deter potential hackers from even attempting to identify password 12. Second storage unit 22 is used to store programs and/or files, which are required for a program on host 12 to run. Examples of such files include executable programs (such as a software installer), digital audio files, digital video files, image files, text files, and library files. Microcontroller 20 allows access to second storage unit 22 from host 14 only if the correct password 12 has been received by microcontroller 20. Although illustrated in this embodiment as separate entities, it should be evident to a person skilled in the art that microcontroller 20, first storage unit 16, ROM unit 18 and second storage unit 22 may be combined in a number of ways. For example, microcontroller 20, first storage unit 16, ROM unit 18 and second storage unit 22 may be implemented on a single semiconductor chip. In an alternative embodiment, microcontroller 20 and ROM unit 18 may be implemented on a chip that is separate from the storage units. The present invention therefore has great flexibility of design that may easily be altered depending on a user's requirements. For example, on one hand, the use of multiple chips may allow different vendors to manufacture different parts of the authentication system. On the other hand, fabricating the present invention onto fewer chips (or a single chip) may be less expensive and provide better performance. In addition, if ROM unit 18 and microcontroller 20 are located on the same chip, it may be more difficult to separate the ROM to read the data stored. Upon receiving password 52, microcontroller 60 loads and executes authentication algorithm 68 to verify password 52 with authentication sequence 66. Access to second storage unit 64 is permitted only if password 52 is verified. Shutdown algorithm 70 preferably shuts down the entire system if a series of wrong passwords is received by microcontroller 60. An authentication system programmer determines the maximum number of incorrect password attempts allowed. Data to be read from or written onto second storage unit 64 is first decrypted or encrypted respectively by encoder 62. Many different encryption schemes may be used by encoder 62, including International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA), Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption, Triple Data Encryption Standard (3-DES) encryption, and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). By encrypting the contents of second storage unit 64, a hacker will not be able to make sense of the contents even if he manages to read the contents by bypassing microcontroller 60 (for example, by using a probe). After password 52 has been authenticated, a decoder (not illustrated) may be used to decrypt the contents of second storage unit 64. Alternatively, the data stored in second storage unit 64 may be protected by hash-coding. In addition, authentication sequence 66 is preferably encrypted or hashed as well to prevent hackers from unraveling authentication sequence 66. This may be accomplished without requiring an additional encoder if first storage unit 56 is located within second storage unit 64. As described in previous embodiments, upon receiving password 102, microcontroller 108 loads and executes authentication algorithm 114 to verify password 102 with authentication sequence 116. Access to storage unit 112 is permitted only if password 102 is verified. Shutdown algorithm 118 is preferably used to shut down the entire system if a series of incorrect passwords is received by microcontroller 108. By hard coding authentication sequence 116 directly into authentication algorithm 114, possibly in multiple places, modification of authentication sequence 116 becomes substantially more difficult. In order to change a hard coded authentication sequence, not only is recompilation necessary (if using a compiled language), but also sufficient understanding of the implementation is required to ensure that the change will not cause program failure. Such a measure makes it difficult for a hacker to re-program authentication system 100. Storage unit 162 is made up of two types of data storage areas: a public storage area 164 and a private storage area 166. An authentication sequence 168, which is used to verify password 152, is stored in private storage area 166. An authentication algorithm 170 to authenticate password 152 is programmed onto ROM unit 156. ROM unit 156 also contains a shutdown algorithm 172. Public storage area 164 and private storage area 166 may be created by under-declaring the memory size available on storage unit 162. Take for example a storage unit with physical addresses ranging from 000 to 1000. If only physical addresses 000 to 500 are declared to an operating system (OS) such as Windows�, on host 154, the OS will not be aware of the presence of physical addresses 501 to 1000. Under such circumstances, data stored within physical addresses 000 to 500 will be accessible to any user. This area is known as a public storage area. Conversely, the undeclared physical addresses 501 to 1000 form a private storage area since these addresses are only be available to microcontroller 158 and can only be accessed by an authorized user or software program. Under non-secure operating conditions, any user may instruct host 154 to read data from or write data onto public storage area 164. However, if a user wishes to access private storage area 166, the user or the software program must first enter password 152, which is then sent to microcontroller 158 for authentication. Upon receiving password 152, microcontroller 158 executes authentication algorithm 170 to verify password 152 with authentication sequence 168. Access to private storage area 166 is permitted only if password 152 is verified. Shutdown algorithm 172 shuts down the entire system if a series of incorrect passwords is received by microcontroller 158. If the password is verified in decision block 208, access to a private area, such as the second storage unit in the above-described embodiments, will be permitted in a block 210. The user is then able to read from or write onto the second storage unit, which is preferably encrypted. If the password is not verified in decision block 208, the user will be denied access to the second storage unit and method 200 will end in a block 212. Alternatively, if the password is incorrect, the user may be given additional chances to enter the right password. However, the system is preferably shut down if a series of incorrect passwords is received by the microcontroller. To retrieve data from web server 302, a password received by host 304 is verified by authentication system 300. The password is typically entered by a user or by software in the host. If the password is entered by the user, authentication system 300 may also be configured to accept a biometrics password, such as a fingerprint or a retina scan. If the verification is successful, authentication system 300 sends a request through host 304 for access to web server 302. Upon receiving the request, web server 302 grants access to a web page having secured data. The data may be in the form of a music file or an online book or a software program. Because the authentication algorithm in authentication system 300 is hard coded, an unauthorized user will not be able to circumvent or change the verification scheme in authentication system 300 and, hence will be unable to access the data on web server 302. In another embodiment of the present invention, the password is embedded in the data to be retrieved from web server 302 via the Internet. Host 304 sends a request for the data to web server 302. Upon receiving the request, web server 302 sends the password embedded in the requested data to authentication system 300 for verification. If the verification is successful, authentication system 300 allows host 304 to access the data, upon which the data may be displayed or executed. In a preferred embodiment, the data from web server 302 is encrypted. Decryption of the data is carried out in authentication system 300 before use in host 304 or storage in authentication system 300. Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention. Furthermore, certain terminology has been used for the purposes of descriptive clarity, and not to limit the present invention. The embodiments and preferred features described above should be considered exemplary, with the invention being defined by the appended claims. Patent Citations
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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In Generica, Kansas, Christmas wasn't something you felt in the chill of the winter air or the warmth of a generous smile. It was announced by the sixteen-foot tower of crystal angels at Grizzly Mall-the Mall of Generica.
And this year was no different—at first. Exhausted shoppers filed by, momentarily entranced by the shimmering, heart-faced, bare-bottomed cupids. That is, until Marlo Fauster smashed them to bits with the oar she'd stolen from Spoiled Sports Sporting Goods. Let's go shrieked Marlo, a blue-haired, thirteen-going-on-thirty-year-old girl, to her gangly younger brother, Milton. Shards of shining wings and harps rained down around them. The two children bounded across the showroom floor, Marlo running with a look of fierce determination and Milton running out of pure fear. Unbeknownst to both of them, they were also running out of time. Milton had spent most of his young life avoiding trouble: staring at his shoes, shuffling along unnoticed, ducking away from tense-or even remotely interesting— situations for fear of their potentially dangerous potential. He only felt truly safe when tucked between the covers of a book, experiencing life secondhand. Marlo, however, was a different story. Too far was where Marlo lived. If something didn't involve petty (and not-so-petty) crime, it just wasn't worth doing. Maybe it was all just a cry for attention. Unfortunately, Marlo's latest acts of thievery and vandalism were drawing far too much attention. At least that's how Milton saw it through his thick, Coke-bottle glasses as his sister dragged him toward his untimely demise. They ran past stunned shoppers into the mall concourse, Marlo waving her oar as if rowing furiously through a human sea. Milton fought to keep up. That should buy us some time from security Marlo squealed with manic glee. It was at times like this, Milton thought, that he was in the presence of-and grudgingly related to—a new kind of evil. And you should have bought that stupid oar Milton replied, panting. Why would I buy an oar? she asked, giving Milton's arm a sadistic twist. "We live in Kansas, short bus." The two siblings darted around a corner and burst into the Grizzly Mall food court. Then why . . . ? Milton stammered in front of Tongue Thaied. "For the sport of it, Marlo said with pride. If I pull this off-the most conspicuous holiday heist in Grizzly Mall history—I'll be a modern-day Kleptopatra." She paused dramatically, her dark eyes twinkling with reflected Christmas lights. The stuff of shoplifting legend. And all that expensive makeup is just icing on the cake. Milton stared at the pink Goodbye Puppy bag underneath his arm as he trotted onward. So all this makeup . . . you didn't need me to just hold it for you back at the cosmetics counter . . . I . . . I just stole . . . lip gloss? And Suburban Blight cheek bronzer with free-radical scavengers and lipid-rich amino moisturizers," Marlo said while descending an ascending escalator. She grinned. Welcome to the life, my gullible little apprentice. You are but putty in my skillful hands. Behind them, a full-bodied mall security guard lumbered in hot pursuit. Another chunky-style defender of mall law soon joi Synopsis:Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 30, 2008:
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Nicholas Courtney at The Television & Movie Store, Norwich, England, on 19 January 2008
Born | William Nicholas Stone Courtney 16 December 1929 Cairo, Egypt |
Died | 22 February 2011 London, England, UK |
(aged 81)
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1957–2009 |
Spouse(s) | Karen |
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William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011)[1][2] was an English actor, most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.[3]
Early life[edit]
Courtney was born in Cairo, Egypt, the son of a British diplomat, and was educated in France, Kenya and Egypt. On his mother's side Courtney was descended from the New Zealand Politician John Cuff. He did his national service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private, not wanting to pursue a military career. He next joined the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art,[4] and after two years began doing repertory theatre in Northampton. From there he moved to London in 1961.
His first television work was in the 1957 series Escape.
Prior to Doctor Who, Courtney made guest appearances in several cult television series, including The Avengers (1962, 1967), The Champions (1968) and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) and as a racing driver in Riviera Police (1965).
Doctor Who[edit]
Director Douglas Camfield originally considered Courtney for the role of Richard the Lionheart in the Doctor Who serial "The Crusade" (1965), a role that ultimately went to Julian Glover. Though Camfield made sure to keep Courtney in mind for future casting. Courtney would make his first appearance in the series, when Camfield cast him in the 1965 serial "The Daleks' Master Plan", where he played Space Security Agent Bret Vyon opposite William Hartnell as the Doctor.
Camfield liked Courtney's performance, and when the director was assigned the 1968 serial "The Web of Fear", he cast Courtney as Captain Knight. However, when David Langton gave up the role of Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart to work elsewhere, Camfield recast Captain Knight and gave the part to Courtney instead.[5] The Lethbridge-Stewart character returned in the next season in "The Invasion", promoted to the rank of Brigadier and in charge of British contingent of UNIT. The organisation had been charged with protecting the Earth from alien invasion. Years later Ian Marter, who played UNIT medical officer Harry Sullivan alongside Tom Baker, named a Russian military base used in "The Invasion", but unnamed on screen, "Nykortny" in his novelisation of the story.
It was in this recurring role that he would become best known to the viewing audience, appearing semi-regularly in 101 episodes between 1970 to 1975. The character proved popular enough to return in 1983, first in "Mawdryn Undead" and in the official 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors. Courtney made his final appearance in the 1989 serial "Battlefield" (although like many other former cast members, he reprised the role for the charity special Dimensions in Time). He appeared with Jean Marsh in both his first and last regular Doctor Who television appearances. Jean Marsh portrayed the character of Sara Kingdom in Courtney's first appearance, "The Daleks' Master Plan", playing his character's sister. In Courtney's final appearance on the show, Marsh portrayed the villainous Morgaine in the Arthurian-inspired '"Battlefield". Marsh also appeared in the earlier story "The Crusade" for which Courtney had been considered.
Courtney has played Lethbridge-Stewart, either on television or in spin-off audio plays, alongside every subsequent Doctor up to and including Paul McGann, as well as substitute First Doctor Richard Hurndall. He did not act in the revived series, although he did so the spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures and appeared in archival footage in Doctor Who proper. While he has acted with Tenth Doctor actor David Tennant in the Big Finish audio dramas Sympathy for the Devil and UNIT: The Wasting, Tennant was playing a different character, Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood, on both occasions. In 2000 he got back in uniform to recreate the character of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart for a couple of sketches in the third season of The Harry Hill Show.[citation needed]
Fifteen years after Dimensions in Time, Courtney returned as Lethbridge-Stewart (now, Sir Alistair), freshly returned from Peru, in "Enemy of the Bane", a two-part story in the Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures aired in December 2008, starring Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. The Sarah Jane Adventures production team intended that Courtney would reappear in the following year's "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" so that Lethbridge-Stewart would meet the Tenth Doctor, but Courtney was recovering from a stroke and unable to take part.[6]
Following Courtney's 22 February 2011 death, Lethbridge-Stewart was written out as having died roughly concurrently with him.[7] Gone but far from forgotten, the Brigadier cast a long shadow across the series' golden anniversary episode, "The Day of the Doctor", being referred no less than five times[8] and quoted once;[9] and, with a prominent close-up of his archival portrait,[10] Courtney is the only individual to appear in all the Doctor Who anniversary stories prior to "The Day of the Doctor".[11]
In a 2008 interview, Courtney expressed his displeasure at the pacing of the new series of Doctor Who, claiming: "It's all a bit rushed sometimes. It's a heck of a lot to get in in three quarters of an hour, the whole story. In the old days, it used to be half an hour every Saturday for four Saturdays, or six Saturdays, so it does all seem to be a bit of a rush. In fact, it leaves me rather gasping for breath sometimes." Courtney also commented: "I think people's attention span is more limited than it used to be."[12]
After Doctor Who[edit]
Courtney continued to act extensively in theatre and television after his main Doctor Who appearances, guest-starring in such popular television programmes as Minder (1984), All Creatures Great and Small (1980, episode "Matters Of Life And Death"), Only Fools and Horses (1988) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). In 1982 he was cast alongside Frankie Howerd in the World War II-set comedy series Then Churchill Said to Me but the series remained untransmitted for over a decade due to the outbreak of the Falklands War. He also had a regular role in the comedy French Fields between 1989 and 1991.
He also appeared in an episode of the long-running BBC TV series The Two Ronnies alongside Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett as the character of 'Captain Dickie Chapman', a fellow prisoner-of-war (POW) in Colditz during World War II, in a sketch based on the original BBC serial, Colditz.
In 1985, Courtney played 'The Narrator' in The Rocky Horror Show. Amanda Redman also starred in the production as Janet. In 1989 he portrayed Temple in the BBC Radio 4 adaption of John Wyndham's Survival.
He also appeared in the Big Finish Productions audio drama Earthsearch Mindwarp, based on a James Follett novel, broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7. Courtney starred as Inspector Lionheart opposite fellow Doctor Who actor Terry Molloy in the audio series The Scarifyers, from Cosmic Hobo Productions. The first two Scarifyers adventures, The Nazad Conspiracy and The Devil of Denge Marsh, were broadcast on BBC 7 in 2007; the third, entitled For King and Country in 2008, and fourth, The Curse of the Black Comet, in 2010. He also appeared in three episodes of Kaldor City as the newscaster Danl Packard. He regularly made personal appearances at science fiction conventions and in 1997 was made the honorary president of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. His theatrical agent was former Doctor Who actress Wendy Padbury,[citation needed] with whom he had worked in "The Invasion".
In 1998, Courtney released his autobiography, titled Five Rounds Rapid! (ISBN 978-1852277826) after a line of dialogue the Brigadier had in the 1971 Who serial "The Dæmons".[13] He recorded his memoirs, subtitled A Soldier in Time for release on CD in 2002 by Big Finish. In 2008 he appeared in the film Incendiary, as the Archbishop of Canterbury, alongside Ewan McGregor.
An updated autobiography, Still Getting Away With It (ISBN 978-1871330731), was published in 2005, with co-author Michael McManus. Until his death, he lived in London with his second wife, Karen.[citation needed]
Courtney's death was reported by SFX[1] and The Stage[2] early in the morning of 23 February 2011. The exact cause of death was not given in these early reports. Doctor Who audio play producers Big Finish, with whom Courtney had worked on several releases in his continuing role as the Brigadier, confirmed the date of his death as 22 February 2011.[14] The BBC reported that he had "died in London at the age of 81".[15] According to his official Web site, he died following a long illness.[16] Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss called him "a childhood hero and the sweetest of gentlemen".[15] Former Doctor Tom Baker also paid tribute, having visited him on the Friday before his death. Baker wrote "We shall miss him terribly" in a newsletter on his Web site, in which he also indicated that Courtney had been battling cancer.[17]
He was survived by his wife Karen and two children, Philip and Bella.
- ^ a b "Nicholas Courtney RIP". SFX (Future Publishing). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b Scott, Matthewman (23 February 2011). "Doctor Who's Brigadier Nicholas Courtney dies". The Stage. The Stage Newspaper Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ Clapperton, Guy (2 November 2006). "Regenerating an original Doctor Who". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art: Penelope Keith, Angela Lansbury, Paxton Whitehead, Eva Green, Ross Kemp, Terence Stamp. LLC Books. 2010. ISBN 1-155-69084-2.
- ^ Steve Broster (Producer) (19 June 2006). The UNIT Family (Part 1) (DVD). United Kingdom: BBC Worldwide.
- ^ McManus, Michael (26 February 2011). "Nicholas Courtney: Actor known for his long-running role as the Brigadier in Doctor Who". The Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ Wanting to take Sir Alistair to his 22 April 2011 staged 'death' in Utah in "The Wedding of River Song", a hear-broken Eleventh Doctor is informed that Sir Alistair passed away some months earlier at his nursing home.
- ^ "Kate Lethbridge-Stewart ... as I'm sure your father would have told you..." "I need you to send me one of my father's incident files..." "Somewhere in your memory, there is a man called Brigdier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart; I'm his daughter." "'Science leads,' Kate. Is that what you meant? Is that what your father meant?" "Space-time telegraph, Kate; a gift from me to your father."
- ^ "Three of them?! All my worst nightmares at once!" from The Three Doctors is repeated by the general defending Gallifrey.
- ^ "The Day of the Doctor" at 50:06.
- ^ He was a regular co-star as the Brigadier in the tenth anniversary serial, The Three Doctors, guest-starred as the retired brigadier in the 20th anniversary episode, "The Five Doctors", made a cameo appearance (never clarified if he was Lethbridge-Stewart or another character) chatting with other sightseers in the queue to visit Windsor Castle in the silver anniversary serial, Silver Nemesis, and had his only scene with the Sixth Doctor in the non-canonical 30th anniversary special, Dimensions in Time.
- ^ "The Den Of Geek interview: Nicholas Courtney". Den of Geek. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ He orders one of his subordinates to "Chap with wings - five rounds rapid!"
- ^ Briggs, Nicholas (23 February 2011). "Nicholas Courtney 1929-2011". Big Finish website: News (Big Finish Productions).[dead link]
- ^ a b "Doctor Who 'Brigadier' Nicholas Courtney dies aged 81". BBC News (BBC). 23 February 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ Official Web site
- ^ Baker, Tom. "The Brigadier is dead". Tom Baker Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Nicholas Courtney at the Internet Movie Database
- "Nicholas Courtney". Find a Grave. Retrieved May 1, 2011.
- Obituary in The Guardian
- Obituary in The Independent
- Obituary in The Telegraph
- Doctor Who 'Brigadier' Nicholas Courtney dies aged 81, BBC News


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